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LGA under pressure over sector-led improvement

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Further pressure is being piled on the Local Government Association (LGA) as it continues to cons...

Taskforce to deliver integrated care

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

A new ministerial implementation taskforce will be formed to deliver an integrated health and soc...

Devolved powers 'in need of long-term plan'

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Devolution must not consist of a ‘series of short-term and opportunistic one-off deals,’ a MP has...

Sheffield 'open-minded' about elected mayors

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Sheffield City Council’s chief executive has told The MJ he expects realpolitik to force the comb...

Let children be seen and heard

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

For too long society has failed to listen to its youngest members and that must change, the new c...

Making good music together

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

It’s had a chequered history, but the world-famous Glastonbury music festival is now a model of c...

Portsmouth to 'exploit commercial property' purchases

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Portsmouth City Council hopes to generate income by ‘exploiting commercial property acquisition o...

Calls for northern Devon combined authority rejected

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Calls have been made for a combined authority covering northern Devon.

Funds shortage could put planning reforms at risk

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2015

Government planning reforms could be put at risk by the ‘severe shortage of funds’ within local a...

Summer Budget: Government will be 'bold' in building Northern Powerhouse

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to ‘put the power into the Northern Powerhouse’ as he annou...